On National Teacher Day, meet the 2024-25 Kenan Fellows
Unit 2 vocabulary activitiy
1. Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________ ID: A
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Completion
Complete each statement.
Instructions: Choose the correct word or words to complete each sentence.
committed the crime consisted of drifted followed suit
had something in common instituted promoted were at a higher risk for
1. The committee ____________________ seven members—one member from each department in the
school.
2. One girl got her haircut and soon the other girls ____________________. Now all the girls in the class
have short hair.
3. The government ____________________ a new program for measuring energy use.
4. People who lived in cities ____________________ many serious diseases like tuberculosis.
5. The police arrested the two men who ____________________.
6. The agreement between the two countries ____________________ development and stability.
7. A small branch fell into the river and ____________________ slowly in the water.
8. My father and his brother ____________________. They both loved fishing.
Matching
Instructions: Match each word or phrase with the sentence that best suggests it.
a. make up for lost time
b. on a national scale
c. flaw
d. contradict
e. fell in love
f. solar
g. conserve
h. make a proposal
____ 1. The results of the two studies were very different.
____ 2. My daughter and her boyfriend have decided to get married.
____ 3. We’ll have to work harder this week, because we took a week of vacation last week.
____ 4. You should turn off your lights and your air conditioning when you leave the house.
____ 5. Let’s take all the money we have earned and buy a restaurant!
____ 6. Everyone in the country will soon have to use the metric system.
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____ 7. There is a major problem with the computer program.
____ 8. The new factory runs on power from the sun.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Instructions: Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
____ 1. A step forward is ____.
a. a form of exercise
b. a point in an argument
c. an improvement
d. a different idea
____ 2. Something that happens all year round ____.
a. occurs during the year
b. is continuous
c. happens every year
d. is likely to happen in the future
____ 3. A country with a high rate of energy consumption ____.
a. produces a lot of energy
b. wastes a lot of energy
c. needs a lot of energy
d. uses a lot of energy
____ 4. Something that is worth the trouble ____.
a. is important but requires effort
b. takes a lot of effort but does not have a lot of impact
c. is more difficult than expected
d. has more value than was expected
____ 5. Interest is the amount that you must pay ____.
a. to rent a place to live
b. when you borrow money from the bank
c. for work that someone does for you
d. the government every year
____ 6. If there is no justification for a change, ____.
a. it is unfair to make it
b. it is not likely to happen
c. we should not delay it
d. there is no reason to make it
____ 7. If everyone is going to leave no matter what, ____.
a. you cannot go with them
b. you cannot stop them
c. you should believe them
d. you will see them later
